tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post109150499029719050..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Jane Brody brings smug preachiness to the TimesPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1091763270224476362004-08-05T23:34:00.000-04:002004-08-05T23:34:00.000-04:00Right on!Right on!Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1091762554923490942004-08-05T23:22:00.000-04:002004-08-05T23:22:00.000-04:00Whenever luck or good fortune throws any successes...Whenever luck or good fortune throws any successes my way and I have some adult (who I know has kids) ask me how I managed to accomplish it I always make a point of crediting either TV or video games. I figure that we all have to do what we can to offset the worlds Brodys.Not-a- Generic-User-IDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635256734372315559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1091656158751976112004-08-04T17:49:00.000-04:002004-08-04T17:49:00.000-04:00But when people get old, they also get religious, ...But when people get old, they also get religious, and I believe that's also covered by #1.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1091655030242755562004-08-04T17:30:00.000-04:002004-08-04T17:30:00.000-04:00Think of me as being like a First Amendment attorn...Think of me as being like a First Amendment attorney w/out anything to say.<br /><br />It's what happens when you get old.Lucky Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14817817946417303035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1091651149081198422004-08-04T16:25:00.000-04:002004-08-04T16:25:00.000-04:00Pro-fun is better than anti-anti-fun, though. Anti...Pro-fun is better than anti-anti-fun, though. Anti-anti-fun types are the people who are vehemently in favor of other people's right to have fun ("right to parrrrtay!", if you will) yet aren't necessarily prepared to have fun themselves.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1091641479864089132004-08-04T13:44:00.000-04:002004-08-04T13:44:00.000-04:00That was, just to be clear, a hypothetical Nader-e...That was, just to be clear, a hypothetical Nader-esque asceticism. My life has always been unsafe, regardless of speed.<br /><br />I'm solidly in the anti-anti-fun camp. Keep up the good work...Lucky Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14817817946417303035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1091574396619097572004-08-03T19:06:00.000-04:002004-08-03T19:06:00.000-04:00I'd bet Jane Brody wants you to vote for Nader; do...I'd bet Jane Brody wants you to vote for Nader; doing so would probably be unpleasant, and would thus fit well into her anti-fun philosophy.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1091567764731479142004-08-03T17:16:00.000-04:002004-08-03T17:16:00.000-04:00I don't want to raise a child who isn't curious ab...I don't <EM>want</EM> to raise a child who isn't curious about alcohol or drugs &/or who doesn't rebel against my Nader-esque asceticism. Granted my path hasn't been ideal, but one can only assume that living like that might possibly lead to <EM>thinking</EM> like that....& so should be avoided at all costs.<br /><br />She's terrible. I'm not sad to be leaving her behind....(well, except for the webstuff, I guess.)Lucky Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14817817946417303035noreply@blogger.com